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B. D. GUTHRIE. OIL DISPENSING APPARATUS.

No. 565,538. Patented Aug. 11, 1896.

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R. D. GUTHRIE.

- OIL DISPENSING APPARATUS.

No. 565,538. Patented Aug. 11, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROZELL D. GUTHRIE, OF YORK, NEW YORK.

OIL-DISPENSING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,538, dated August 1 1, 1896.

Application filed April 18, 1896. Serial No. 588,170. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RoZELL D. GUTHRIE, of York, in the county of Livingston and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Dispensing Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-letters marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improved apparatus adapted for dispensing and measuringliquids, such as oil; and it consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and the novel features pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of an oil dispensing and measuring apparatus embodying my improvements; Fig 2, a vertical sectional view through the measuring-tank and valves; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the measuring-tank, partly in section; Fig. 4, a front view of a portion showing the counter; Fig. 5, a detail sectional view of the extensible funnel.

Similar reference-letters in'the several figures indicatesimilar parts.

This invention is particularly adapted for use in retail oil-stores where the oil to be dispensed or sold is contained in a barrel or tank A, located in the cellar, from which tank it is drawn into the upper store by means of a pump B through a pipe 0, and after being measured is transferred to a can or other suitable receptacle, as D. This receptacle D is preferably arranged to rest upon a drip-tray or like support E, from which any overflowing oil or drippings can flow into the tank A by means of a pipe E.

In the present arrangement the device for measuring the oil drawn up from the tank A embodies the two measuring-chambers F F, preferably constructed by dividing a rectangular chamber by a partition f, said receptacles having at the rear overflow-apertures f 'f opening into an overflow-pipe G, leading to the tank A, and they are each adapted to contain a known quantity of liquid, say one quart, without overflowing. Connected to the bottom of the measuring-receptacles F F are the pipes II II, leading to a valve-casing H in which operates a three-way plug-valve J, arranged to connect the discharge-passage of either receptacle with the discharge-pipe K, from which the liquid enters the receptacle D preferably through a tube or conduit made of telescoping sections L, the upper one screwing into the discharge-pipe K and the lower one adapted to enter the receptacle D, said sections being connected together, as shown in Fig. 5, by the flanges m at the ends.

Extending over the upper ends of the measuring-chambers F F are guides f f, upon which slides the funnels or chutes M for delivering the oil from the discharge-spout B of the pump into the receptacle whose funnel is beneath it, and these funnels are connected to the operating-handle J of the val ve J by means of a lever N, pivoted at n and having the slotted ends which engage pins m 0 on the double funnel and handle, respectively, the connection being such that when the handle J is turned to the position in Fig. 1, the valve and funnel then being in the position shown in Fig. 2, the contents of the chamber F is being discharged into the receptacle D and the oil from the pump-spout is filling the measuringchamber F, and when the valve J is turned in the other direction the measuring-chamber F is being emptied, while F is being filled. WVhen, however, the valve-handle J is in vertical position, the valve will be closed and no liquid can pass from the measuring-chambers. In order that the quantity of oil passing through the measuring chambers can be measured and registered, I provide a counter connected to the lever N, which will register one unit (being the quantity representing the capacity of one of the chambers F or F) each time the valve J is opened.

In the present instance I provide a dial P, over which travels a hand or pointer P on an arbor P having a ratchet-wheel P thereon, and with said ratchet-wheel cooperate two pawls Q Q, pivoted to the lever N on opposite sides of the pivotal point of the latter, so that as it is operated in one or the other direction the pointer will be moved one unit. Other forms of counter could, of course, be used, but this one is well adapted to the oscillating valve, which permits the discharge ICO of liquid when moved in either of two direc tions.

In the use of the device it is only necessary for the operator to pump the oil from the tank and when the measuring-chambers are full to reverse the valve, and by the provision of the overflow for the chambers he cannot fill the chambers with more than the required quantity. If desired, a glass gage could be inserted in the side of either or both of the chambers F or F to measure less than the full capacity thereof.

The funnel composed of the telescoping sections L is a desirable feature on an apparatus of this kind, as it insures the entrance of the liquid in the receptacle D no matter what its height from the drip-pan.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a liquid-dispensing apparatus, the combination with the discharge-spout, of the two measuring-chambers, the movable double funnel beneath the spout, the dischargepipes 11, H leading from the chambers, and the passage K, the rotary three-way valve controlling said passages and pipes, and connections between the valve and double funnel for causing their simultaneous operation in opposite directions, whereby when the spout is discharging into one chamber, the discharge-pipe from said chamber is closed, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the tank, and the pump having the discharge-spout, of the two measuringchambers having the overflows leading to the tank, the movable double funnel beneath the pump-spout, the dischargepassages from the measuring-chambers, a valve controlling the discharge-passages from the measuring-chambers, and connections, substantially as described, between it and the double funnel, whereby liquid is conducted into one measuring-chamber, while it is being discharged from the other, and a counter actuated by the movement of the valve, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the dischargespout, of the measuring-chambers having the overflows, the double funnel beneath the spout, the discharge-passages from the chambers, the valve for controlling said passages, the pivoted leverconnected to the valve and the double funnel, substantially as described.

4:. The combination with the tank and the pump having the discharge-spout, of the measuringchambers having the overflows leading to the tank, the double funnel beneath the spout, the discharge-passages from the chambers, the three-way valve for controlling them, connections between the clouble funnel and valve, the telescoping conduit, the drip-pan, and the pipe connecting it with the tank, substantially as described.

ROZELL D. GUTIIRIE.

Witnesses:

JonN E. DOOLITTLE, CHAS. A. R001. 

